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Month: September 2023

Alabama objects to proposed congressional districts designed to boost Black representation

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general’s office said Thursday that it opposes all three congressional maps proposed by a special master as federal judges begin drawing new districts. The plaintiffs, who won before the U.S. Supreme Court in the redistricting case, wrote that two of the proposed plans

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Senate confirms Mississippi US Attorney, putting him in charge of welfare scandal prosecution

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. The action puts Todd Gee in charge of overseeing the largest public corruption case in state history. President Joe Biden nominated Gee in September 2022. He was confirmed Friday

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2 Indianapolis officers indicted for shooting Black man who was sleeping in his car, prosecutor says

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car parked outside his grandmother’s house. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Friday that Officers Carl Chandler and Alexander Gregory were indicted on battery and criminal recklessness charges in connection with

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IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, wealthy people

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. The Justice Department said in a statement Friday that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., is accused of stealing tax return

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Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation, authorities say

W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones has been arrested. Vegas-area police say took Jones into custody early Friday. The Clark County In-Custody website says the 33-year-old edge rusher was arrested on accusations of violating a domestic violence temporary protection order and is scheduled to appear in

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Man who faked Native American heritage to sell his art in Seattle sentenced to probation

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man who falsely claimed Native American heritage to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries was sentenced Wednesday to federal probation and community service. The U.S. attorney’s office said Lewis Rath, of Maple Falls, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two years probation and 200 hours of

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Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia pleads guilty, becoming first defendant to do so

By KATE BRUMBACK and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. He is the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors. Scott Graham Hall pleaded guilty Friday to five

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